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SCHEDULE 1INTERPRETATION

PART IIMeaning of basic seed and similar expressions

Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

12.—(1) In these Regulations “overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety” means basic seed to which paragraph (2) or (3) applies.

(2) This paragraph applies to basic seed —

(a)that has been harvested from a crop produced in a member State (including the United Kingdom) for which a field inspection report was issued by or on behalf of the competent seed certification authority in the member State stating that the crop has been found to satisfy the relevant Directive crop conditions for basic seed;

(b)for which a seed test report has been issued —

(i)by or on behalf of the competent seed certification authority in the member State, or in a member State, other than the United Kingdom, into which the seed was subsequently imported, or

(ii)by a licensed EC seed testing station in either of the member States referred to in paragraph (i),

stating that the seed has been found to satisfy the relevant Directive seed conditions for basic seed;

(c)that has been imported into the United Kingdom as basic seed of a variety that was unlisted at the time when the seed was imported but has since been listed; and

(d)that is accompanied by —

(i)an Annex V(C) document relating to the seed issued by or on behalf of the competent seed certification authority in the member State referred to in paragraph (a), and

(ii)the seed test report referred to in paragraph (b).

(3) This paragraph applies to basic seed —

(a)that complies with the requirements of paragraph 11(2)(a) to (d), and

(b)that was imported into the United Kingdom as basic seed of a variety that was unlisted at the time when the seed was imported but has since been listed.